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Definition of Acceptor

1. Noun. (chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated.

2. Noun. The person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures.

Definition of Acceptor

1. n. One who accepts

Definition of Acceptor

1. Noun. One who accepts. ¹

2. Noun. (context: legal commerce) One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted. ¹

3. Noun. (context: chemistry) An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond. ¹

4. Noun. (context: physics) A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Acceptor

1. accepter [n -S] - See also: accepter

Medical Definition of Acceptor

1. A compound that will take up a chemical group (e.g., an amine group, a methyl group, a carbamoyl group) from another compound (the donor); under the action of alanine transaminase, l-glutamic acid is an amine donor while pyruvic acid is an amine acceptor. Origin: L. Ac-cipio, pp. -ceptus, to accept (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acceptor

acceptee acceptees accepter accepters acceptest accepteth acceptilation acceptilations accepting acceptingly

acceptingness acceptingnesses acception acceptions acceptive acceptor (current term) acceptor RNA acceptor control acceptor site acceptor splicing site

acceptors acceptour accepts acces pernicieux access code access codes access control access control list access control lists

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